Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE FORM OF CLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS TO FARMERS, CONSUMERS, EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY AND SUPPORT TRANSITION TO LOCALIZED FOOD PRODUCTION AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES, ASSISTANCE, RESOURCES AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO FARMERS SEEKING TO ESTABLISH A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL.
ROUND THE BEND FARM (RTB), A CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE COMMUNITY, LOCATED IN DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS IS A WORKING FARM AND EDUCATIONAL NON-PROFIT. WE ARE A LIVING LABORATORY THAT CULTIVATES, EDUCATES, AND EMPOWERS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. WE ARE DEVOTED TO THE GLOBAL PARADIGM SHIFT TOWARD HOPE AND ABUNDANCE BY VALUING DIVERSITY, MODELING NATURE, AND REDEFINING WEALTH.
OUR PROGRAMMING TAKES PLACE ON A WORKING FARM AND EDUCATION CENTER WHICH GIVES A HANDS ON, MODELING BASED EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM. WE HOLD FIELD TRIPS FOR ANY AGE AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL LESSONS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE YOUTH. WE ACT AS A LIVING LABORATORY SO THERE ARE MANY "EXPERIMENTS" GOING ON IN THE FARM INCLUDING USING A COMPOSTING TOILET, LIVING IN TINY HOUSES (WITH LESS STUFF TO CLUTTER OUR LIVES), BUILD WITH AS SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AS POSSIBLE (REUSING MATERIALS FIRST, IF WE CAN FOR A CERTAIN APPLICATION), UTILIZING ROTATIONAL GRAZING METHODS FOR ANIMALS, GROWING CHEMICAL FREE "CLEAN" VEGETABLES, CREATING OUR OWN SOAPS AND TINCTURES, FERMENTING VARIOUS TYPES OF FOOD, AND SO MUCH MORE. ALL OF THESE TOPICS WE CAN TEACH ON TO EVERY DIFFERENT STRATA OF HUMANITY. WE BELIEVE THAT DIVERSITY IS AT THE UTMOST OF NATURES SUCCESS AND WILL BE OURS AS A NON-PROFIT AND AS A COUNTRY. WE BRING DIVERSE PARTICIPANTS AND HAVE A DIVERSE TEAM. WE HOLD OPEN FARM DAYS, WHICH ARE FREE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND AND PUT ON MANY WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS AT EACH OF THEM THEREFORE MAKING THEM AS ACCESSIBLE AS WE CAN. WE ALSO HOST MANY VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING A YOUTH CORPS FOR THE SUMMER, WHERE WE WORK WITH THEM SIDE BY SIDE IN A VERY HANDS ON, MENTOR- MENTEE RELATIONSHIP. WE BELIEVE IN AN ORGANIC PROCESS OF DEVELOPING PROGRAMMING AND HOPE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE IN THE MANY YEARS TO COME.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Desa Van Laarhoven | PRESIDENT/TREASURER/EXECUT | 40 | $36,632 |
| Nancy E Dempze Esq | CLERK | 1 | $0 |
| Duncan Mcfarland | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Glenn Oliveira | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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